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Las Vegas Real Estate as an Investment – Place Your Bets

Mark Knowles — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:05:42 +0000

With property values continuing to decline all around the world, one has to ask the question as to which market is the most likely to become an attractive investment destination first. Personally, I think we have some considerable distance to fall still, but that gives the property investor time to give serious consideration as to their next investment. Anyone considering buying property in the USA as an investment should seriously look at Las Vegas with an eye on the future.

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Property Investing News – Fighting Back Against the Scammers and Con Artists

Mark Knowles — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:43:25 +0000

One thing about the global downturn that could be considered positive is the amount of scams and cons coming to light, and the small property investor has certainly been prey to many. In a booming economy, many of these were written off and the injured parties pleas for assistance were ignored.

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Dubai International Property Show a Flop and Another Broker in Dubai Goes Under

Mark Knowles — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:58:23 +0000

The Dubai International Property Show opened today with almost “no visitors” according to Property wire.

‘These are the difficult times and we must admit the reality and then find the solution,’ said Abdullah M Al Shizawi, managing partner of Heart of Capital.

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Dubai Dreams Sour – Expats forced to skip and Oil spills continue

Mark Knowles — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:57:19 +0000

The global downturn has turned dreams to nightmares for many expats in Dubai. Dubai developers are shedding staff as fast as orders and projects are canceled. Unfortunately, what this means for many is a hasty retreat from the country. As soon as a redundancy notice is issued, work visas are canceled, which means one month to get out of the country.

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News From the UAE Property Markets

Mark Knowles — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:04:06 +0000

As usual, it is hard to sift the genuine information from the press releases coming out of the UAE. To read some stories, anyone would think that the global financial crisis has passed the region by. According to Business 24/7 “Sweet Homes, an Ajman-based developer, said it will not lower selling prices for either of its two projects.”

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